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by Rob Blackwelder/SPLICED
"PLAYING MONA LISA"
INTERVIEW WHO: Alicia Witt
WHAT: Actress
WHEN: October 16, 2000
WHERE: Ritz-Carlton Hotel, SF, CA
HOW (you might know her):
In films from "Dune" to "Ubran Legends" to "Cecil B. Demented," and on the TV sitcom in "Cybill."
LINK TO "Playing Mona Lisa" review
Alicia Witt gallery REVIEW CROSS-REFERENCE Alicia Witt "Playing Mona Lisa" ('00) "Cecil B. Demented" ('00) Actress Alicia Witt adds a musical angle to her hilarious breakup recovery role in 'Playing Mona Lisa' If Alicia Witt were a struggling actress looking for work, she could get a shampoo or conditioner commercial just by walking into an audition and running her fingers through her auburn tresses. The way her hair cascades back down across her cheeks is the kind of thing that makes a guy lose his concentration which adds an interesting challenge to conducting an interview since running her fingers through her hair is something Witt does fairly frequently. Nevermind that she's also beautiful and just exudes intelligence which comes as no surprise since she was reading Shakespeare at age 4 and passed her GED when she was only 14 so she could leave school and pursue acting. As you may know, Witt is not a struggling actress. In fact, she's been working steadily in film and TV since she was 9 years old (remember the uncanny little girl with the phosphorescent eyes in David Lynch's lavish "Dune" adaptation?) and she has a deliberately eclectic taste in projects. She worked for Lynch again in "Twin Peaks," and her other credits include the controversial (the abortion satire "Citizen Ruth"), the cheesy ("Urban Legends") and the comically extreme (she can currently be seen as a trashy former porn star in John Waters' | |
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